Dhankar talks to West Bengal Speaker on live coverage of address, writes to Mamata seeking early dialogue

In his letter to the Chief Minister, the Governor complained that there was a need to end “Dialogue Deadlock”, maintaining that it "invariably (becomes) a hurdle to possible resolution of issues

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee had an hour-long interaction on Sunday regarding the session of the House commencing from Monday, as the State's constitutional head wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking a dialogue with her at the earliest.

The Governor had invited the Speaker for an interaction on, among other things, live coverage of his address to the House on Monday complaining that it had been "blacked out" on earlier occasions.

"There was (an) interaction at Raj Bhawan today between Governor and Assembly Speaker for an hour regarding the upcoming Assembly session," Mr. Dhankhar tweeted.

The Assembly has been summoned by the Governor at 2 p.m. on Monday after an impasse over the timing of the sitting of the House with the Governor taking the stand that a typographical error in an earlier communication that gave the unearthly 2 a.m. as the time of commencement of the budget session, could only be changed if the cabinet met again and passed another resolution correcting the time while following all constitutional procedures.

"In view of unwholesome situations during the earlier such addresses to the Assembly, including 'black out' of 'live coverages' of the address, I find it expedient to have an interaction with the Hon'ble Speaker so that sanctity of the proceedings is maintained and dignity of the office of Governor is not compromised," Dhankhar wrote to Biman Banerjee.

A copy of the letter was attached with a tweet message in the twitter handle of the Governor.